Fantasy Unlimited/16-30

16-30

Zine
Title:	Fantasy Unlimited Issues #16-30
Publisher:
Editor(s):	Alan Austin
Type:	adzine, fanzine
Date(s):	1973-1975
Medium:	print
Fandom:	Comics
Language:	English
External Links:	Issues 18-19, 26, 27; The Fanscene Project
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Issue #16

Issue #16, art by Kevin O'Neill, featuring Batman

. Editor: Alan Austin, published monthly. Cover art by Kevin O'Neill. This was the Batman Special Edition.

Contents:

• Front cover by Kevin O'Neill, featuring Batman
• Editorial by Alan Austin
• "Bouncy Bunny in the Friendly Forest - The E.C. Story" by Doc Garriock. Part I
• "We Want Information" compiled by Alan Austin, banner art by Alan Hunter
• "A Chronicle of the Most Magnificent Failures in Comic History" by Howard Stangroom - Part I

Issue #17

Issue #17, art by Paul Rose, Justice Society of America

. Editor: Alan Austin, published monthly. Cover art by Paul Rose

Contents:

• Front cover by Paul Rose, featuring characters from the Justice Society of America (DC Comics).
• Editorial by Alan Austin
• "Bouncy Bunny in the Friendly Forest - The E.C. Story" by Doc Garriock. Part II
• "We Want Information" compiled by Alan Austin, banner art by Alan Hunter
• "A Chronicle of the Most Magnificent Failures in Comic History" by Howard Stangroom - Part II

Issue #18

Issue #18, art by Colin Jennings, Hal Jordan v Alan Scott

March/April 1974. Editor: Alan Austin, assistant Martin Lock. Published bi-monthly. Cover art by Colin Jennings. 47 pages.

Contents:

• Front cover by Colin Jennings, featuring the Silver and Golden Age Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan v Alan Scott.
• Editorial by Alan Austin.
• "Bouncy Bunny in the Friendly Forest - The E.C. Story" by Doc Garriock. Part III
• "We Want Information" compiled by Alan Austin, banner art by Alan Hunter.
• "Opinion - The Great Vanishing Trick" by Martin Lock - opinion piece on recent thefts from Comic Marts.
• "The Forgotten Fanzine - Memories of "Headline" " by John Pierce. Art by Superswipe.
• "Mail Unlimited" edited by Alan Austin - LOCs
• Illustration by Paul Rose - Dynamo
• "A Chronicle of the Most Magnificent Failures in Comic History" by Howard Stangroom - Part III - Tower. Art by Paul Rose.
• Comic Quiz - winners of and answers to the previous issue's quiz, this issue's quiz.
• Reproduction of Captain America Vol 2 No. 9 (1941) Contents Page.
• Advertisement - coming soon to the Fantasy Unlimited store: Golden Age Gold (series of Golden Age comics reprints, cover-to-cover); The Marvel Superhero Index (completed index compiled and bound into one publication); Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books (first of a 3-volume listing of "all the people who ever worked for comics" by Alter Ego founder Jerry Bails); Bob Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 1974.
• Fantasy Unlimited: For Sale.
• Back Cover, reproduction of Detective Comics No. 8 (1937).

Issue #19

Issue #19, art by Laurence Piper, featuring Will Eisner's The Spirit

May/June 1974. Editor: Alan Austin, assistant Martin Lock. Published bi-monthly. Cover art by Laurence Piper. 57 pages.

Contents:

• Front wraparound cover by Laurence Piper, featuring Will Eisner's The Spirit.
• Editorial by Alan Austin.
• "Bouncy Bunny in the Friendly Forest - The E.C. Story" by Doc Garriock. Part IV.
• "We Want Information" compiled by Alan Austin, banner art by Alan Hunter, interior art by Paul Rose (Plastic Man) and Colin Jennings (Superman).
• "A Chronicle of the Most Magnificent Failures in Comic History" by Howard Stangroom - Part IV - Harvey. Art by Superswipe.
• "Wonder Woman on the Tube" by Rich Morrissey. Art by Superswipe.
• "The Worlds of Emlock" by Martin Lock - opinion piece on the recent London Comic Mart and his haul.
• "Panelogical Brain of Britain 1974" - special quiz to find "Britain's most knowledgeable comic fan". Three sections: General Panelogical Knowledge, Artist Recognition and Specific Characters.
• Mail Unlimited - LOCs.
• Opinion by Alan Austin - the focus of UK fanzines moving away from American comics to British.
• "The Grand Fantasy Unlimited Comic Poll" - the second annual comic poll.
• "The Achievements of Mort Weisinger" by Richard Morrissey. Art by Superswipe.
• Advertisement - Spring Comic Con, 1974.
• Fantasy Unlimited: For Sale.
• Advertisements - Bob Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 1974; Golden Age Gold: Reprint of Captain America Vol 2 No. 9 (1941); The Marvel Superhero Index.
• Special Supplement to FU No. 19 - further items offered for sale.
• Back wraparound cover by Laurence Piper, featuring Will Eisner's The Spirit.